Which of the following statements regarding Ethanol Blending Program (EBP) are incorrect?

1. The Government of India decided to launch Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme in January, 2003 for supply of 5% ethanol blended Petrol.
2. The Government has 10% blending target for mixing ethanol with petrol by 2022 & 20% blending target by 2030.

Both statements ae correct.

About Ethanol Blending Programme (EBP)

• The Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme was launched in January, 2003 by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG) .
• The EBP seeks to achieve blending of Ethanol with Petrol with a view to reducing pollution, conserving foreign exchange and increasing value addition in the sugar industry enabling them to clear cane price arrears of farmers.
• During the ethanol supply year 2018-19 about 189 crore ltrs of ethanol was supplied by sugar mills and grain based distilleries to OMCs thereby achieving 5% blending target and in the ethanol supply year 2019-20, efforts are being made to supply 190-200 crore ltrs of ethanol for blending with petrol to achieve 5.6% blending.
• The Government has 10% blending target for mixing ethanol with petrol by 2022 & 20% blending target by 2030.

Hence option 4th is correct.

By: Shubham Tiwari